nitroglycerine

British  

/ -ˈɡlɪsərɪn, ˌnaɪtrəʊˈɡlɪsəˌriːn /

noun

1. Also called: trinitroglycerine.  a pale yellow viscous explosive liquid substance made from glycerol and nitric and sulphuric acids and used in explosives, and in medicine as a vasodilator. Formula: CH 2 NO 3 CHNO 3 CH 2 NO 3

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Example Sentences

Nitroglycerine, a component of dynamite, has long been used by researchers to generate migraine-like headaches.

From Nature • Oct. 13, 2020

Although he had taken Digitalis, Strophanthus, Strychnia, Nitroglycerine, salts, etc., he had been unable to lie down for two weeks.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Nitroglycerine doesn't go off half so quick as you of late.

From From Jest to Earnest by Roe, Edward Payson

Nitroglycerine, when absorbed in a porous earth called 'Kieselguhr', is called dynamite.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

"Nitroglycerine," explained Watkins, who had once been a miner.

From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward